Fife Gates, Duff House is a Grade B listed building in the Aberdeenshire local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 March 1995. Gate. 1 related planning application.

Fife Gates, Duff House

WRENN ID
tattered-timber-woodpecker
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeenshire
Constituency
Aberdeenshire North and Moray East MP: Seamus Logan (SNP)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 March 1995
Type
Gate
Address
Fife Gates, Duff House, AB45 3SX
OS grid reference
NJ 687 631
Coordinates
57.65739, -2.52561
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fife Gates at Duff House is a pair of polished ashlar octagonal gatepiers from the later 18th century. They feature moulded stepped caps that support beautifully carved stone urns decorated with acanthus leaves and swags of fruit and flowers. There are also remains of decorative cast- and wrought-iron gates.

Local climate

Fife Gates, Duff House receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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